Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, May 25, 1886 @ 1000 		HARE (1886-1899 Passenger and cargo steamer 216 feet long of John Burns, Glasgow) Own Page

Barclay, Curle Shipbuilders receive an order for a new steamer HARE for the Glasgow - Belfast trade
Ship's locationBarclay, Curle Shipyard, Whiteinch, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage614

Order for a new 216-feet long steamer HARE for the Glasgow and Belfast trade

   The Glasgow shipbuilders, Barclay, Curle & Company, of Whiteinch, have received an order from the shipowner Mr. John Burns to build a new 216-feet long steamer HARE for his Glasgow and Belfast trade.

   The vessel will be a 614 gross ton steel screw steamship with inverted direct-acting compound triple expansion engines, and will carry both passengers and cargo.

( Additional note : John Burns was later to form the famous Glasgow Shipping Company Burns & Laird Lines )